The Jeypore police arrested seven accused in two different loot and robbery cases and later forwarded them to court, informed Jeypore Sub Divisional Police Officer Rajendra Kumar Senapati.
Jeypore Sadar Police succeeded in cracking cashew nut loot which took place on December 22 last year. The police arrested two accused in connection with the case. Mohit Ashish Patra of Pindapadar village is the principal accused of the case.
Basing upon the information from Ashish, the purchaser of the looted cashew nut was arrested. He was identified as Suru Jagdish. `6 lakh was recovered from Suru that he earned by selling the looted cashew in Andhra Pradesh.
In this case a driver of the cashew mill was arrested. Three more people are still absconding in the case and will be nabbed soon, claimed police.
Meanwhile Jeypore Town Police arrested five men involved in different loot incidents and recovered `28,500 from them. Santosh Sahu, mastermind of the gang, was arrested. 11 motorcycles were seized from him.
On February 26 night, the gang had looted `60,000 cash from a businessman at Tarini Junction.